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The Animals' Rachel Corrie Is Jill Phipps ARC 2007-07-09 12:36 PM
As Rachel Corrie was crushed to death protesting Sharon treatment of Palestinians, Jill Phipps was crushed to death protesting the live shipment of calves by the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the US' Heifer International and other agribusiness (text/plain)

Confronting Navy Recuiters at Regatta Apperception 2007-07-08 11:19 PM

Confronting Navy Recuiters at Regatta (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Report of NIFC Commemoration of the Molly Maguires National Irish Freedom Committee 2007-07-08 10:45 PM
On June 10th, 2007 the National Irish Freedom Committee held a commemoration for the "Molly Maguires'" at the Hibernian House at Giraraldsville, in the "coal country" of Pennsylvania. The Hibernian House is the original building owned by "Black Jack" Kehoe, who along with 19 other men were railroaded and executed in June, 1887. (text/plain)

September 15 — Turn Up the Heat in Washington DC! ANSWER Coalition 2007-07-06 3:08 PM
September 15 — Turn Up the Heat in Washington DC! (text/html)

[btlsummary]Journalists in Afghanistan Targeted for Assassination... Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2007-07-06 12:58 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

G4 process is undemocratic, No WTO deal in Potsdam! Stop the New Round Coalition 2007-07-06 3:16 AM
Trade ministers of the G4 countries (the European Union, the United States, Brazil and India) are meeting in Potsdam, Germany, this week try to stitch together a trade deal to which each of them could agree. (text/plain)

18 Reasons American Children Not Yet Slender ARC 2007-07-05 11:07 AM
cutting the dairy lobby's power, cutting fast food advertising, educating the public about the 23 pounds less a vegan weighs on average than a nonvegetarian etc. (text/plain)

Aksyon Sambayanan leader killed by NPA in the Philippines PDSP 2007-07-02 12:06 PM

27 June 2007, SAN PABLO CITY, PHILIPPINES - A woman peace advocate and the local head of the social movement Aksyon Sambayanan (People's Action) was killed Monday night by armed men believed to be members of the Maoist New People’s Army. (image/jpeg)

Cancer toll for Iron Range miners grows Alan L. Maki 2007-07-02 12:56 AM
It is completely irresponsible for the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party’s Legislative Caucus to continue holding off in calling for real single-payer, universal health care in response to this present horrendous health care mess. (text/plain + 1 comment)

In the military, thinking of joining? email 2007-06-30 9:37 PM

video of presentation at AFSC in Pasadena during 2002 (image/jpeg)

Critcal Mass Pictures sara 2007-06-30 7:59 PM

Some pictures of yesterday's Critical Mass, first day of this summer's BIke Fest! (image/jpeg)

An Insurrectionary Blog for Pittsburgh Yinsurrectionary Times 2007-06-30 11:08 AM

Insurrectionary anarchist analysis and criticism, with a Pittsburgh accent. (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for June 25, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-06-26 1:12 AM
On this week's show... * From the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, speaks about her experience making No!, a documentary about Black women and rape. * SEIU protests on behalf of local janitors * Bicyclists, along with Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and local cyling advocacy organization Bike-Pittsburgh celebrate Pittsburgh's second-ever bike lane * and an update on the cases of the 8 former Black Panther Party members on trial in San Francisco for the 1971 murder of a police officer * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

MOVE 9 Up for Parole after 30 Years in Jail! BE47 2007-06-25 2:39 PM
Ramona Africa is speaking on why the MOVE 9 need to be released on parole in 2008. Ramona is the only adult survivor of the 1985 fire-bombing of the MOVE home in 1985. She has a very personal understanding of what happened to the MOVE activists in 1978 when the MOVE 9 were put in prison. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Mammoth electoral fraud in Philippines elections: Padding and shaving CMS 2007-06-23 8:14 AM

Nearly three weeks after election day, there are still no definitive results for the Philippine elections to the Senate and House of Representatives. Counting is still continuing and in a number of provinces it has not even begun. This has nothing to do with inefficiency and everything to do with ballot-rigging. The Philippines is one of the most corrupt ‘democracies’ in the world. (image/jpeg)

Pelosi, Hillary, and Lieberman: funded by Lockheed Peacemaker 2007-06-22 11:37 PM
Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Lieberman each received $10,000 in campaign contributions from neocon-linked weapons maker Lockheed-Martin's Political Action Committee during the 2006 election cycle. Could this be one reason Pelosi and Hillary refuse to stand firmly for peace while Lieberman blatantly calls for even wider war? (text/plain)

[btlsummary] Federal Court Challenges President's Right to Hold Detainees... Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2007-06-21 7:20 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

Smoke Bans Blame Victims, Excuse Perps Watchdog 2007-06-19 10:07 PM
Pennsylvania's planned Smoke Ban, wrapped in For-Your-Protection language, is an evasion by cigarette makers, their many ingredients suppliers, their insurers/investors AND complcit public officials, of significant liabilities & penalties. It's a Nice-Sounding law, based on lies. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for June 18, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-06-19 2:50 AM
On this week's show... * Domestic workers in New York and California speak out about the challenges found in their line of employment and the organizing efforts to better their situations * The struggle against the new casino continues... This time on the Northside * Updates on the South Central Farm in Los Angeles and the Shell to Sea Campaign in Ireland * A new group in Pittsburgh is organizing to fight racism and recognize white privilege * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Why your revolution is no liberation! MAD Cologne 2007-06-18 3:10 PM

During the recent weeks and months a spirited debate developed in different German left wing newspapers and groups about the sense or non-sense, the perspectives and the means and goals of the mobilisation against the G8 summit. Different German and Austrian anti-fascist groups started a campaign to criticise a wrong analysis of capitalism widely spread in the anti-globalisation movement. In the context of this campaign several public discussions and lectures were held, a special webpage was set up but above all reader was published that contains a set of basic texts referring to this problem. This reader is available in German and English and will soon also be published in French in order to spread the debate also across other countries. Check it out: www.no-liberation-reader.tk (image/png)

Pittsburgh Pridefest 2007 (part 2) gwen 2007-06-16 9:06 PM

Pittsburgh pridefest pictures, part 2. (image/jpeg)

Pittsburgh Pridefest 2007 gwen 2007-06-16 8:59 PM

Pittsburgh Pridefest was bright and gay and merry on a beautiful Saturday in Downtown Pittsburgh! (image/jpeg)

Clintons Forced To Sell War Profiteer, Environmental Desecrator and Animal Abuse Stocks ARC 2007-06-16 11:18 AM
By federal law, Clintons were forced to disinvest from their blind trust which included stocks of animal killers, war profiteers, the worst oil and vivisecting drug companies, environmental desecrators because Mrs Clinton is a candidate for president. (text/plain)

Geiger Counter Shootout At the OK Corral Bob Nichols, Project Censored Award Winner 2007-06-15 9:24 PM

"I told General Lee on March 19 to stop lying to the [Hawaiian] Legislature. And, I told him I would get him and I did on April 21 in south Kona with those high radiation monitor readings from Pohakaloa. And it wasn't just me, the citizens who have supported and followed through are the real strength of all of this. The media has to deal with these global voices now because they are the 'shot heard round the world.'" (image/jpeg)

Columbus Night March against the WAR! Arawak City 2007-06-15 7:31 PM
Columbus SDS and Arawak City members are calling for a Ohio meet up and action. In solidarity with the Anti-war and anti-G8/capitalist movements. June 23rd during the Community festival in Columbus Ohio a.k.a. Arawak City for a night march against the War! (text/plain)

BTL:Resignation of U.S. Attorney In Arkansas Linked to GOP Voter Suppression Operation Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2007-06-15 11:57 AM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

PHILIPPINES: Lack of accountability makes reconciliation impossible AKBAYAN 2007-06-15 1:59 AM
The President's call for reconciliation is hollow and vacuous in the face of loose ends left hanging beyond the May 2007 elections and the adjournment of the 13th Congress. (text/plain)

columbus march against the war and G8 Ohio SDS 2007-06-14 7:10 PM
Awawak City Anarchists and SDS members are calling for a all Ohio meet up and action. In solidarity with the anti-G8, Anti-war movement. June 22nd and 23rd during the Community festival in Columbus Ohio a.k.a. Arawak City for a night march against the War! Due to the climate of the midwest anti-war and anti-capitalist movements we feel its necessary to use state and regional action to create a closer network of radical activists. -Housing available and food set up! -Columbus Ohio -email or call so we know how much food and housing will be necessary--614-360-8025--cbussds@yahoo.com > Solidarity ohio SDS & Awawak City Anarchists (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for June 11, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-06-12 2:47 AM
On this week's show... * The Pittsburgh Pride Theater Festival kicks off this week * the Pittsburgh Middle East Peace forum marks the forty year anniversary since the beginning of Israel's occupation of Gaza and the West Bank * Both Coca-Cola and Boeing are coming under fire from community groups for their business practices * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Venezuela: The case of RCTV and the fictional democratization of communication El Libertario's editorial staff 2007-06-10 1:51 AM
* The Collective of “El Libertario”, Venezuelan anarchist newspaper, makes public its reasoned out position in the debate generated by the case of RCTV, in where the current government imposes a solution where we pass from the meanness that the capitalistic private oligopoly of TV to the dreadful that could be the monopoly of a bureaucratic and authoritarian state. (text/plain)

1 - @andalusi@ The Baglady Miguel Rojas Sotelo 2007-06-09 9:49 PM
Short video on the artistic practices of an (i)ndy media artist-activist. The video functions as a pseudo portrait of an imaginary-real artist that deals with a counter systemic way to produce art and communication in a urban setting in contemporary United States. (Duration: 30 min) (video/quicktime)

Smoking Bans: Still Frauds that SERVE the cigarette makers Watchdog 2007-06-09 7:59 PM
Pennsylvania is pushing ahead with a smoke ban...despite truckloads of evidence that justification for such laws is non-existent, incomplete, arbitrary, and fraudulent. Bar owners who oppose ought take care who they ask for help. (text/plain)

Sofia EU: Mass Farming of Stray Animals Emil Kuzmanov 2007-06-08 1:56 PM
An Open Letter to Mayor Boyko Borissov, a very ambitious and popular politician, leader of the Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party and former Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior. Since May 30 2007 multiple copies were emailed to The Municipality of Sofia (<info@sofia.bg>), The Public Ombudsman of Sofia (<ombudsman@sofia.bg>) and The Prosecutor General of the Republic of Bulgaria (<n.markov@prb.bg>) - without reply. (text/plain)

Bulgaria EU: Mass Illegal Traffic of Companion Animals Emil Kuzmanov 2007-06-08 1:49 PM
An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Bulgaria Sergei Stanishev. After May 22, 2007 multiple copies were emailed to: Government of Bulgaria (<GIS@government.bg>), Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Minister of European Affairs (<mtsankova@mfa.government.bg>), Parliamentary European Affairs Committee (<kei@parliament.bg>) and Parliamentary Internal Security and Public Order Committee (<kns@nt52.parliament.bg>) - without reply. (text/plain)

Molly Maguire Commemoration National Irish Freedom Committee 2007-06-07 5:53 PM
The National Irish Freedom Committee invites you to a commemoration for the Molly Maguires. On Sunday the 10th of June an 12.00 noon, a remembrance for the executed coal mining union leaders known as the Molly Maguire's in Girardsville, PA (text/plain)

BTL:Immigration Reform Bill Draws Fire from All Sides Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2007-06-07 10:03 AM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

Benefit Song for Quiet Storm and EEFC with apologies to Darell Worley 2007-06-06 10:59 AM
Hopefully this will help the healing begin from this most horrific of tragedies. (text/plain + 45 comments)

The Exchange Of Souls Johanna Balogh 2007-06-05 2:15 PM
This is a profound musical message that is dedicated to Palestine. It is 10 minutes and 10 seconds long. (audio/mpeg + 14 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for June 4, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-06-05 1:38 AM
On this week's show... * resistance to the upcoming G-8 summit in Germany * we'll hear about Fossil Free Fuels, and how they are improving the city's air quality one car at a time. * at a Town Hall meeting, Pittsburgh speaks up about the impact of the Iraq war here at home, and elected officals listen * Stop the Bus cuts keeps attention up and the pressure on as Port Authority cuts draw near * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

“There is No Apolitical Moment” – An interview with Majority Rules director Michael Aaron Johnson 2007-06-04 10:06 PM

An interview with social justice filmmaker Michael Burns on his new series looking at how young people view democracy. (image/jpeg)

SMASH THE CONVENTIONS IN 2008: A reportback from the Carolinas Consulta Unconventional Action 2007-06-04 5:58 PM
This is a reportback from the Carolinas Consulta, detailing strategy proposals for shutting down and disrupting the DNC and RNC in 2008 in denver and the twin cities. read on! (text/plain)

(audio) unions and cittizens rally to save pittsburgh transit v incent / blast furnace radio 2007-06-02 5:44 AM
audio location http://www.jerryapp.com/arcv2/ja-t089.jpg (text/plain)

Beyond the Boardroom: A Workshop on Corporate Research Demilitarize Pittsburgh 2007-06-02 1:46 AM
Beyond the Boardroom: A Workshop on Corporate Research Monday, June 4 at 7:00 pm Thomas Merton Center—5215 Penn Ave in Garfield (text/plain)

To Chavez, Lula, Requião and Carlos Rovira. Emilio de Lima 2007-05-30 9:58 PM
Remote enawene nawe are only 420 and live mainly on the fishing. They are protesting against the plans of the soybean companies, directed by the greater producers of soybean of the world, the Maggi family, to dam the Juruena river and to obtain hydroelectric energy for the industry. (text/plain)

Preparing for Martial Law, Part 2: Enforcement and Infrastructure redpill8 2007-05-30 9:13 PM

Whelp folks, I hate to be the pallbearer at our country's funeral, but I am here to inform you, in case you missed it on Fox News, that the apparatus for martial law is being quietly, but steadily, implemented. If one has been paying attention to the laws that are getting passed over the last few years we can see the telltale signs that we are getting closer and closer to such a scenario. Not only is this government setting up the legal framework for martial law, but they are also setting up the policing apparatus and infrastructure to carry it out. (image/jpeg)

EMERGENCY ALERT! Slaughter of Yellowstone Buffalo Calves Planned by Montana Buffalo Field Campaign 2007-05-30 5:41 PM
The last wild buffalo need your help today! Please take a moment to read this alert and contact the three decision-makers listed below, demanding that they cease plans to capture and slaughter approximately 300 wild buffalo, including little calves, their moms, and families. (text/plain)

Air Canada plane bound for Paris with lab beagles in its hold Canada.Com 2007-05-29 12:03 PM
Genocidal campaigns by governments, pharmaceutical companies, university and private labs can be reduced if plane, train, truck, shipping, and bus lines refuse to ship them (text/plain)

The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Spring 2007 (May 28, 2007) Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-05-29 1:09 AM
This week, we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the Winter and Spring of 2007 including... * Community activists speak out against violence * The movement for immigrants' rights * Wolves come off the endangered species list * Pittsburghers rally for action on climate change * A public hearing with the FCC and the fight against corporate media consolidation * and more highlights from the past few months of Rustbelt Radio (audio/mpeg)

Video: Balata Camp Incursion May24 RJI / a-films 2007-05-28 8:25 AM
On May 24, the Israeli Occupation Forces stormed Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus (Palestine). Several people got arrested. (text/html)

52 Reasons Not To Mow 37 Ways To Help Trees Ahimsa Network 2007-05-28 7:58 AM
reduce global warming, reforest, prevent accidents, create oxygen, foster biodiversity, protect habitat etc (text/plain)

Support Our Troops Week in San Diego City Schools Ernie McCray 2007-05-27 8:23 PM
This piece has been written to highlight how children can easily get caught up in the hype regarding war without any understanding of what's really going on in their world that leads to such armed conflicts. (text/plain)

Bloomberg's Vivisection, AntiHomeless, ProWar Record ARC 2007-05-23 2:23 PM
With the news from Michael Bloomberg's media operatives that he intends to spend 1 billion in order to install a prowar candidate by running himself as an independent, animal activists remember Blalock, who at Johns Hopkins developed the Blalock Press to test how many pounds of pressure a dog's bones could take before breaking. (Time Warner's HBO did a movie praising the sadist.) (text/plain)

National Monument Discovered at Tara in Path of M3 Motorway tara foundation 2007-05-23 9:53 AM
Featuring a press conference given by TaraWatch, the video (see link below) gives details of the M3 Motorway, what lies in its path, what has been destroyed, and what is being now being threatened with destruction. A massive prehistoric ‘henge’ site has been discovered in Lismullen, beside the Hill of Tara on the route of the planned M3 Motorway. The circular enclosure is the size of more than three football fields, and is without doubt a national monument because of the rarity of henges in Ireland, as well as its importance to the Hill of Tara archaeological complex. The video may be accessed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPIAxHBot6Q (text/html)

NCOR 2007 Intergenerational Anti-war Panel (Catalyst Project) Jessica McPherson, Rustbelt Radio 2007-05-23 1:20 AM
Radio feature created from an intergenerational panel discussion on today's anti-war movement, facilitated by the Catalyst Project at the National Conference for Organized Resistance (American University, March 2007). Short version: 13:38. Long version: 19:49 minutes. (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for May 21, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-05-22 3:20 AM
On this week's show... * locals react to the Federal Appeals Court hearing in Philadelphia for Mumia Abu-Jamal * Earth First activists in Southern Indiana challenge the new NAFTA Superhighway in their region * Author and ecologist Sandra Steingraber speaks about the connections between environmental and human health * the Coalition of Immokalee Workers wins another battle for farmworkers * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Longshore Workers Honor Picket Line, Shut Down War Cargo Shipper in Oakland The Internationalist 2007-05-20 11:15 PM

This can be an important first step toward the mobilization of workers power to shut down the war machine, but that requires a sharp struggle against the bourgeois politics of the antiwar groups and union officialdom. The OEA calls for money for schools not for war, as if it were a matter of budget priorities, and the PAC poster made a social-patriotic pitch to “Bring the Troops Home Now, and give them the care they need.” Such “peace is patriotic” rhetoric is a staple of the UPFJ, but all the antiwar coalitions make similar appeals to garner support from Democratic Party liberals. Revolutionaries and class-conscious workers, in contrast, emphasize that this imperialist war must be opposed by class war. (image/jpeg)

French Court Rules Vivisector Glaxo's Vaccines Cause Multiple Sclerosis AFP and ARC 2007-05-20 1:55 PM
Glaxo vaccines have killed and sickened American soldiers. It is the main driver behind the harrassment of European animal rights activists as well as a vivisector, pricegouger, manufacturer of toxic products, and war profiteer (text/plain)

Breakdown FM_ Celebrating Malcolm X-Our Shining Black Prince Ytzhak 2007-05-20 4:13 AM

"I'm still a Muslim. That is, my religion is still Islam. My religion is still Islam. I still credit Mr. Mohammed for what I know and what I am. He's the one who opened my eyes....America is just as much a colonial power as England ever was. America is just as much a colonial power as France ever was. And in fact, America is more so of a colonial power than they, because she's a hypocritical colonial power. What do you call second-class citizenship? Why, that's colonization. Second class citizenship is nothing but 20th century slavery. How you are going to tell me that you are a second-class citizen. They don't have second-class citizenship than any other government on this earth. They have slaves and people who are free. This country is a hypocrite. They claim they set you free by calling you a second-class citizen. No, you are nothing but a 20th century slave. Just as they took nationalism to remove colonialism from Asia and Africa, it will take Black Nationalism today to remove colonialism from the backs and the minds of the 22 million African-Americans here in this country."-- malik shabazz (image/jpeg)

Refuting the deafs: chavism and anarchism in Venezuela El Libertario's editorial staff 2007-05-20 12:39 AM
* From the publishers of El Libertario goes our reply to the habitual expressions that the coarse right or the easy-going left used to attribute us; the same left that, inside and outside of Venezuela allows that the mirage of the Chávez pseudo-revolution impressed them. We could and would like to say very much more about this subject, however currently here there is the essential and concise information about our point of view that, even when it was expressed several times it does not implies that it does not have to be repeated. (text/plain)

Refutando a los sordos: Chavismo y anarquismo hoy en Venezuela El Libertario, Venezuela 2007-05-20 12:38 AM
* Desde El Libertario va nuestra réplica a las habituales requisitorias que suelen endilgarnos la derecha rústica o esa izquierda plegable que, dentro y fuera de Venezuela, se encandila con el espejismo seudo-revolucionario del chavismo. Bastante más deberíamos, podríamos y querríamos decir sobre este tema, pero de momento aquí se condensa y actualiza lo esencial de nuestra perspectiva, que no por expresada antes deja de ser necesario repetir ahora. (text/plain)

The Unanimous Opinion. posted by F Espinoza 2007-05-18 6:45 PM

At the 6th Hemispheric Meeting in Havana, when the discussion turned to the subject of production of biofuels from foodstuffs, which are constantly getting more expensive, the huge majority voiced their opposition with indignation... (image/jpeg)

MIRAKI: On the Brutal Butchering of Slow-Killing Cathy Garger 2007-05-17 5:55 PM

... After hanging up the phone, it occurred to me that what is actually going down in Afghanistan is, without any doubt, the greatest crime against humanity in perhaps all of US history. (image/jpeg)

Animal Rights and the FBI ARC 2007-05-17 3:54 PM
No true animal rights activist is involved in arson, because fires kill small birds, small mammals, insects.. and take a chance on burning humans and setting fire to the woods. Fires burn dead trees used in buildings and therefore likely cause replacement trees to be killed. (text/plain)

Irish Students in IDAHO Warning over 'State Sanctioned Prejudice' Union of Students in Ireland 2007-05-17 2:33 PM
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is marking International Day against Homophobia today (Thursday 17th May) by calling on the Irish Government to oppose the stigmatising of gay people by laws and judicial decisions in Ireland and abroad. (text/plain)

Ohio librarian fronts for recruiters, denies First Amendment rights to vet clark kent 2007-05-17 12:01 PM
[ The following piece from The Progressive identifies Douglas H. Dotterer, Director, Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library as the person who allowed military recruiters to use the PUBLIC library while denying citizens, including veterans, their First Amendment rights. You can reach Dotterer here: http://www.smfpl.org/director.htm and execise YOUR First Amedment rights! ] (text/plain + 6 comments)

A Murder of Crows #2- Out Now! AMOC 2007-05-17 4:59 AM
A Murder of Crows- For Social War and the Subversion of Daily Life Issue #2 is out now! (text/plain)

Lessons we learned from the 6th Hemispheric Meeting in Havana, CUBA. posted by F Espinoza 2007-05-15 5:07 PM

We are aware that most of the wars in the last few decades have been waged over control of energy sources... (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for May 14, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-05-15 2:23 AM
On this week's show... * Rustbelt Radio explores the issue of immigration reform, with the help of three respected immigration lawyers. * Mumia Abu-Jamal is scheduled for a hearing that could grant him a new trial * Community Activists develop Anti-Violence initiatives addressing recent shootings in Pittsburgh * Students and teachers at St. Vincent College protest George Bush's commencement speech * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Protest against Bush at St.Vincent College Mena 2007-05-14 5:43 PM

People of good conscience, rally to protest Bush speaking at St. Vincent College. Shame on all thoes people who naively supported the invitation of Bush to deliver the commencement speech merely to brag that a "President" gave it. If, as many of you claimed that this event was "not about politics", then why invite a politician? In this time of national moral crisis you would have been better served by a poet. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Group protests the release of international terrorist Downtown Vito 2007-05-14 5:58 AM

On Friday, May 11, a small group of about a dozen members gathered in front of the William S. Moorhead Federal Building in Downtown Pittsburgh to join others across North America in protesting the release of international terrorist Luis Posada Carriles. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Tomorrow: Worldwide demonstrations against the terrorist Posada... posted by F Espinoza 2007-05-10 7:39 PM

The people's mobilization is important to expose not only the U.S. government's hypocrisy of its "war on terror" but its active role in backing the Miami terrorists like Posada for over 45 years. More important than ever is the need for us to raise high the demand of immediate freedom for the Cuban Five Heroes... (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

BTL:Bush Administration Deployment of Missile Defense System to... Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2007-05-10 1:58 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for May 7, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-05-08 2:46 AM
On this week's show... * Thousands march nationwide on May Day for immigrant rights and an end to raids and deportations * Environmental justice organizers kick off Biojustice 2007 in Boston * Media Minutes gives this week's report on the intersection of media and democracy * an interview with Staughton Lynd on Ohio's Supermax prison in Youngstown and the history of the Lucasville uprising * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

May Day 2007 in Pittsburgh News Staff Writer 2007-05-07 8:37 PM
This May Day 2007 supporters of immigrants' rights in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania demonstrated their genuine care for all immigrants communities in the nation. A vigil and march was organized by Pittsburgh Friends of Immigrants for the second time in honor of the families separated by raids, raids and deportations, and against anti-immigrant legislation. PFOI encourages citizens to introduce realistic immigration legislation that protects all immigrant workers and their families, such as: the Unity Blueprint and the Children Citizen Protection Act. (text/plain + 12 comments)

harrisburg Says STOP This "WAR! BE47 2007-05-05 5:24 AM

A few more pictures from the recent MoveOn.org-inspired protest against Bush's recent veto of a bill to end the "war"/racist genocide in Iraq. (image/jpeg + 3 comments)

Harrisburg Protests Bush's "End the War" Veto BE47 2007-05-05 4:52 AM

With the help of MoveOn.org, Harrisvurg area people showed up at the corner of Front and Walnut Streets to protest [P]resident Bush's recent veto of a bill calling for an end to the aggression in Iraq. (image/jpeg)

How to get out of Iraq for just $450 million ThinkPeace 2007-05-04 9:47 PM
If Nancy Pelosi and Congress really want the war to end and U.S. personnel to leave Iraq, it doesn't have to cost $100 billion or even $1 billion. For just $450 million, Congress could hire U.S. airlines to fly all U.S. troops (and contractors) home for good, in time to enjoy summer with their families. (text/plain)

BTL:Justice Department Tries to Restrict Lawyers' Access to Guantanamo Detainees Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2007-05-03 1:43 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

Sacco and Spaghetti Pittsburgh Organizing Group 2007-05-01 4:19 PM
Join POG for dinner and a movie about the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti (application/pdf)

Rustbelt Radio for April 30, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-05-01 2:39 PM
On this week's show... * The significance of May Day, and plans for celebrating the International Day of Workers' Struggle here in Pittsburgh * The Struggle for New Orleans: Lessons from Women Organizers on the Front Lines * Enthusiastic voices from a rally downtown held by The Campaign to Stop the Bus Cuts * A controversial new law in Mexico City ends a complete ban on abortions * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

STAND AGAINST HATE AND RACISM DC ARA 2007-04-29 2:46 AM
COUNTER PROTEST AGAINST PRO HATE DEMONSTRATORS FOR ERNST ZÜNDEL MAY 7TH 07 AT 10:30 AM AT THE GERMAN EMBASSY 4645 RESERVOIR ROAD NW Calling all people who oppose homophobia, xenophobia, racism and all forms of hate to come and stand against people looking to free the Holocaust denier/revisionist and Nazi sympathizer, Ernst Zündel who was jailed by Germany. Zündel has written such books as: “Did six million really die” and “The Hitler We Loved and Why”, he has also spoken at pro revisionist conferences and Neo Nazi events and has worked to ban the movie Schindlers List from being shown in Canada and elsewhere He has also gone to trial on fourteen counts of inciting racial hatred and as well for violating immigration rules in America and was also taken to court for being a threat to human rights in Canada because of his ties to the violent white supremicist/Neo Nazi organization Ayran Nations. We cannot allow his supporters to promote his hate speech and their own hate speech in D.C. or anywhere. Members of the racist group Stormfront and others will be coming to support the freeing of such a hateful man, it is because of this that we must take a stand against them and make sure they know D.C. is not tolerant of their hate, violence and lies against not only Jews but people of color and even other white folks of different religions and orientations. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Zndel www.adl.org/learn/Ext_US/zundel.asp I cannot find the post on Stormfront with the full rally info but this is www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php/david-duke-calls-worldwide-protest-364768.html More from David Dukkke www.davidduke.com/general/ernst-zundel-kidnapping-case-update-no-surrender_2037.html The flyer is on DCIMC dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/138760/index.php (text/plain)

A Month in the Life of Pittsburgh Organizing Group Pittsburgh Organizing Group 2007-04-28 6:02 PM
Pittsburgh Organizing Group (POG) is a radical group based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania working to affect systemic progressive change in society. We seek to understand and oppose the inter-connected forms of oppression while utilizing non-hierarchical, consensus-based organizing. As a fairly large and active group we often do an inadequate job at conveying to other groups and interested people what our work looks like. We thought an article detailing what's been happening in the past month might be of interest rather than a single report on one of our events. (text/html)

The End Game video stream: on anti-war movement and the Democrats Larry Duncan 2007-04-28 12:25 PM

As the debate intensifies over the Iraq war funding, this new Labor Beat video examines the complicity of the Democratic Party in the war, against the backdrop of recent 4th anniversary of war protests. Video stream and dvd ordering info. (image/jpeg)

Call for Submissions: Zine on Property Destruction Casey Ford 2007-04-28 8:32 AM
Entering the radical community, many quickly find themselves constantly hearing about debate over property destruction. Is it violence? Does it matter if it's violence? Is it effective? Is it alienating? And on and on. I've been hearing this argument pretty much since I regularly started attending protests. At this point, I almost don't want to deal with the subject. Naturally, you're asking, "Then why the hell do you want to make a zine about it?" (text/plain)

CIA Director Speaks at Duquesne 5/4 NoTorture 2007-04-27 7:54 PM

Denver to DC Brother Elliott 2007-04-27 7:22 PM
Beit Shalom Ministries is leading the walk form Denver, Colorado to Washington D.C. Currently, they are in Manhattan, Kansas and have been sharing information at Kansas State University. Watch their video updates on Google video and witness the police state in America. They have produced two powerful new documentary films on the war in Iraq and 9/11 truth available for FREE. (text/plain)

International Day of Action Against Climate Change and the G8 Friday 8th June 2007 rtna 2007-04-26 2:03 PM
We all know the terrifying statistics: a million species extinct by 2050, 19 of the 20 hottest years on record since 1980, Greenland and Antarctica melting, droughts, floods, famines … the G8 have had over 30 years to address climate change and only succeeded in providing trillions in subsidies to the very industries that are destroying our planet and our future (text/plain)

J Crew Served With Eviction Notice Voices for Animals of Western PA 2007-04-26 4:36 AM

Voices for Animals Tells J Crew They Have 30 Days to Get Out of Endangered Forests (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

gathering anticivilization 2007 llavors d'anarquia 2007-04-24 3:13 PM
After the success of the last gathering in Tavertet, we are calling for a new one this year. It will take place the 8, 9, 10 and 11 of September. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for April 23, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-04-24 12:51 AM
On this week's show... * Independent media activists and organizers from Chiapas and Oaxaca Mexico speak about the benefits and challenges of indigenous media-making in southern Mexico. * Concerned Parents, University Researchers and Community Activists challenge abstinence only education in Pittsburgh Public Schools * Falun Gong practitioners and Human Rights advocates speak out in Pittsburgh about persecution and organ harvesting by the Chinese Government * plus commentary from Mumia Abu-Jamal, and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

AMIDST THE RUINS BRADDOCK BLAZES THE BIOFUELS PATH Colin Huwyler 2007-04-21 5:47 AM
Braddock finds itself home to many new biofuels projects including: Fossil Free Fuel, a vegetable oil fuel system company, Braddock Biofuels CO-OP, a community scale biofuels cooperative fueling station and a biofuels resource center. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Philippines: Unionists confront repression, build unity Sue Bolton 2007-04-21 3:39 AM
Organisers from the Philippines’ biggest left trade union centre, Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP — Solidarity of Filipino Workers) spoke to Green Left Weekly’s Sue Bolton about the repression that they encounter from the state and their efforts to unify left-wing trade unions. (text/plain)

Continental Tire's Attack on Retired Union Workers in the US United Steelworkers 2007-04-20 9:39 PM
After stopping tire production at its two remaining unionized facilities in the United States in 2006, Continental Tire of North America has dramatically reduced payments for retiree health care in the United States. The following is a brief description of the impact these cuts are having on retirees. (video/x-ms-wmv)

Tax Day Actions in Pittsburgh david 2007-04-19 5:14 PM

April 17, 2007 - Tax Day - saw three actions in Pittsburgh, at the Post Office in Squirrel Hill, at the Highmark Building Downtown, and the Military Recruiting station in Oakland. (image/jpeg)

5th Annual Liberation Conference: Agriculture, Imperialism and War 4/28/07 Syracuse, NY S.A.R.O. 2007-04-18 8:11 PM
A brief writeup on the upcoming 5th Annual Animal Liberation Conference Series: Agriculture, Imperialism and War, held by Syracuse Animal Rights Organization, in Syracuse, NY on April 28th 2007. (text/plain)

New video: CSOMilano 0.1 La Plataforma 2007-04-18 6:43 PM

A group of activists from the "8 de Marzo" collective squattered the old wedding hall "Milano". One week later, and one hour before starting a neigbourhood afternoon snack organized for the neighbours and local people as a part of the "presentation working days", the police sealed the building and started a pressure campaign trying to nip the project in the bud before it could grow. (image/jpeg)

Femicide in the Aftermath of Guatemalan Civil War Samantha Mathis 2007-04-17 7:38 PM
Actress Samantha Mathis discusses violence against women in Guatemala, including the recent increase of murders. This article is adapted from her testimony before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus on September 13, 2006. (text/plain)

The Third Round Tassick 2007-04-17 6:43 PM
Pittsburgh journalists and politicos discuss the 2007 elections over beer. The shoot doesn't begin until after they've had their third round of drinks. This episode: Pat Clark Chris Potter Khari Mosley Katherine Fink (text/plain + 1 comment)

Rustbelt Radio for April 16, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-04-17 2:08 AM
On this week's show... * The Coalition of Immokalee Workers declares victory against McDonald's in their fight for dignity and fair wages * Environmental action against deforestation of the Rospuda Valley in Poland * Rustbelt Radio visits the Steel Mills to Windmills rally on the National Day of Climate Action * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Che Guevara, Tony Norman and Pittsburgh, a place to hide vincent / blast furnace radio 2007-04-16 3:37 AM
letter to the editor, rejected by PG (text/plain + 1 comment)

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